This is an Eldred Armada Heavy Cruiser, they are used all over Eldred
space for a show of force might be necessary, but where too much force might
be provoke the enemy. They are also used in to guard convorys of trade ships
in the heaviest areas of pirate activity. The Heavy Cruiser sports twin
Particle Beams in each Turret, and fixed forward Heavy Rail Cannon everywhere
else. The Heavy Cruiser uses Gravitic Induction Engines.

The Heavy Cruiser has a more spacious bridge than the Lighter Cruisers.
Notice the difference between a ship of the Armada and the ill kept Pirate
Freighters further down.

This is the Eldred Armada's Light Cruiser, a lighter armed craft with a
much smaller crew compliment. Still used for Convoy Escort duties, the Light
Cruiser is the standard Long Range Patrol craft of the Armada. The Light
Cruiser sports twin Particle Beams in each Turret, and fixed forward Heavy
Rail Cannon everywhere else. This Light Cruiser uses the newer Gravitic
Induction Engines.

This model Cruiser was an intermediate step between the Classic
Light Cruiser, and the modern Light Cruiser. It has many of the same
technologies, but as the initial platform for those technologies it also had
some idiosynchracies. Like the Modern Light Cruiser it sports a twin Particle
Beams in each Turret, and fixed forward Heavy Rail Cannon everywhere else.
Unlike the Classic, this Light Cruiser uses the newer Gravitic Induction
Engines. While the Intermediate Light Cruiser is still in service in some of
the older Fleet detachments, they are quickly being retired in favor of the
new Light Cruiser. a number of these ships have turned up in the hands of
Colony System Defense Forces, Privateers and Pirates.

This is a Modified Intermediate Light Cruiser, though it still sports the
twin Turreted Particle Beams, she mounts a fearsome array of Rapid-Fire Heavy
Plasma Cannons. There are other modifications, but if anyone knows what they
are, they aren't talking. This Light Cruiser still uses the original Gravitic
Induction Engines.

This is the Classic Light Cruiser, it was the last Light Cruiser to use
Particle Acceleration Drives and Fuel Scoops. It sports a single Particle
Beam in each Turret, and fixed forward Heavy Rail Cannon everywhere else.
While the Classic was retired from service with the Armada many years ago, a
number of these ships have turned up in the hands of Colony System Defense
Forces, Privateers and Pirates.

This Eldred Pirate rose from the ranks of a crewman on an Armada
vessel, the Cruiser he served on wasattacked by Pirates and boarded. The
surviving crew were offered the opportunity to sign the articles and join the
crew of a pirate ship, or become prisoners. He signed rather than be taken
prisoner, he did his job and bid his time to run away at the next spaceport.
Only when an Armada Patrol attack and the Captain died, the remaining crew
split up, as one of the few trained Navigators he ended up Captaining one of
the splinter crews. He's been on the account ever since. The image of the
bridge below is of a relatively intact Eldred Ship's bridge that's been in
Pirate hands too long.

This side of the bridge got ravaged by particle beams, and
spalling from the Cerametal armor tore through the electronics. The Tac
officer was able to get replacement parts from a Katar shipyard, but they
don't look anything like the originals.